Opps! Can't get rid of stuff on desktop!

I accidently moved over 1500 photos from iphoto to the desktop. Upon realizing what I did I couldn't stop it so I forced a shut down. Restarting found the desktop GONE but it was only hidden and all the photos were there. The problem is that I can't get rid of them. They won't go into the trash because I get the message.."Some of the items you are moving are in use by another application. Moving the items can cause problems with the application using them. Are you sure you want to move these items?"
I have tried to "continue" to no avail. I've tried trashing all the photo and trashing just one. I've tried to open one or two and can't. I tried to put them on a DVD but I can't.
Also the icon for my HD is missing but the LaCie external shows up and when i open it I can access the main drive but the desktop icon is either hidden someplace or gone.
Please someone tell me what to do to fix this mess and why can you just quit a accidental move like that and avoid such a problem in the 1st place?

Here's something you can try. Hopefully all the image files have the same extension: .jpg.
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. At the terminal prompt enter or paste the following: (Press RETURN after each command.)
cd Desktop
rm -rf *.jpg
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